Force-pump.



. will enable others skilled in the art to whichl Patented March 14,1905.

PATENT -OEEICE.

RICHARD F. GEORGE, OF PALMYRA, VIRGINIA. i

FORCE-PUMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,998, dated March14, 1905.

Application iilcd September 15, 1904. Serial No. 224,557.

To (1f/ZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Beit known that I, RICHARD F. GEORGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Palmyra, in the county of Fluvanna and State of Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Force-Pumps; and Ido hereby declare the following` to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to force-pumps.

It has for its object to provide a simple device particularly adaptedfor use by persons living in the country to bring water from a spring ina valleyT to a house located on a hill.

The invention consists in thedetails of construction hereinafterdescribed and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment ofmy invention, Figure I is a sectional view showing the arrangement of mydevice in a spring, the piping up the hill to deliver in a tank at thesummit, and the means for operating the device. Fig. 2 is a verticalcross-section view taken through the reservoir of the device. Fig. 3 isa vertical sectional view taken at right angles to the line upon whichFig. 2 is taken.

While the preferred embodiment of my invention is fully illustrated inthe accompanying drawings and the construction and operation thereof isdescribed in the following speciiication, the right is reserved to makesuch changes from the construction shown and described as the scope ofthe claims hereto appended will'permit.

In carrying out my invention I secure a box or casing 1 in a nearlyvertical position to a post or support 2 so that it is submerged in aspring, well, or reservoir. Pivoted or hinged near the bottom of saidcasing` as at 3, is a long arm or lever 4, extending up out of the waterand as high as desired. Said arm or lever has a laterally-projectingportion 5, adapted to fit a recess or dished-out portion 6 of the casingwhen the lever is in a forward or closed position. An aperture 7 throughthe casing communicates with said recess inwardly and outwardly, haspipes connected thereto running, preferably underground, up

the hill to the storing-reservoir, which may be located in or near thehouse. A suitable check-valve 8 is arranged in-the pipe, preferably nearthe casing. Said casing and the long lever when closed are somewhatinclined away from the hill or raised ground to which it is desired toforce the water. A wire or rope 9 is attached to the upper end of thelever and to a windlass 10 on the hill. The lever may be of sufiicientweight in itself or it may be weighted, or a spring may be interposedbetween said lever and the casing to cause said lever to swing back whenthe wire or rope is slackened until the portion 5 is withdrawn from thecasing to permit the recess in said casing to fill with water. Bywinding the rope upon the windlass the lever is drawn forward, thrustingits projection into 'the recess of said` casing and forcing the waterfrom said casing up through the pipe to the storing-reservoir on thehill.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is#

1. In a device of the character described, a casing adapted to bemounted in a submerged position, a single-armed lever hinged at itslowest extremity to said casing and having a projecting portion adaptedto fit said casing,

means to operate said lever to force the water from said casing andmeans to convey the water to a storing-receptacle.

2. In a device of the character described, a casing mounted verticallyin a submerged position, a single-armed lever hinged at its lowestextremity to said casing and extending upwardly, said lever having aprojecting portionl adapted to fit said casing, means to operate saidlever to force the water from said cavity and means to convey the waterto a storing-receptacle.

3. In a device of the character described, a casing mounted verticallyin asubmerged position, a single-armed lever hinged at its lowestextremity to said casing and extending upwardly, said lever having-aprojecting portion adapted to fit said casing, means to withdraw saidprojecting portion from the casing to permit the latter to ill, means tooperate said lever to force the water from said casing and means toconvey the Water to a storingconnected to the upper extremity of thelever receptacle. to operate the same to force the Water from 4. In adevice of the character described, a said casing, and means to conveythe Water easing mounted vertieallyin a submerged poto astoring-receptacle.

5 sition, a single-armed lever hinged at its low- In testimony whereof Ialiix my signature in I5 est extremity to said easing and extendinguppresence of two Witnesses. Wardly, said lever having a projecting por-RICHARD F. GEORGE. tion adapted to fit said easing, means to With-Witnesses: draw said projecting portion from-the casing JNO. R. HADEN,

IO `to permit the latter to till, a windlass and line FRANK W. SHEPHERD.

